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Romeo and Juliet
English
Question | Answer |
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Play on words, identical sounds but sharply diverse in meaning. | Pun. |
A contrast between what the audience perceives and what a character does not know. | Dramatic irony. |
A descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something. | Epithet. |
Inverted order of words or events as a literary device. | Anastrophe. |
Speech in which the speaker is alone, speaking private thoughts to the audience in order to inform the audience of their thoughts. | Soliloquy. |
Speaker turns away from the other characters and reveals his feelings to the audience. | Aside. |
A lengthy, uninterrupted speech that is addressed in front of another character. | Monologue. |
Reference to something in another work of literature, mythology, or history. | Allusion. |
A two-lined poem with a rhyming pattern. | Couplet. |